Window-sash



(No Model.) v H. W. SGHRODBR.

WINDOW SASH. y

Patented Febr. 12, 1a4.-

NITFD STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY w. sOHRODnF, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

WINDOW-SASH.

SPECIFICATION form-ing part of Letters Patent No. 293,527, dated February 12, 1884.

Application filed June 13, 1883. (No model.) A

To `afZZ whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, HENRY W. SOI-Ikonen, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Clarke and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sashes for Vindows; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, exact, and complete description thereof, reference being had to the drawings accompanying this speciioation and making a part of the Same.

My invention relates to improvements in window-sash; and it consists in the means used for securing the glass therein.

The object of my invention is to dispense with the use of putty and points in securing the glass in the sash,l and at the same time to make the latter detachable, when required, by the use of a single fastening inserted through one of the strips used to secure the glass, at one end of the same, dispensing also with the use of brads or nails for fastening each individual strip to the sash.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of one section of the sash of a window which embodies my improvements from the inside. Fig. 2 is a cross- `section of the same through line 0g, Fig. l, showing the lower section. Fig. 3 is a detail crosssection of the sash-frame, glass, and strip,

, enlarged.

A is the sash-frame, which in Figs. l and 2 is shown as containing two panes, c a, of glass. The frame is rabbeted out at b,'to allow bed for the edges of the glass panes to rest upon, in the usual manner. This bed is sufficiently deep to admit a strip of rubber, c, Or other elastic material under the glass c, to receive the pressure made by the stripsd d d, which, as will be noticed, are straight on their under side, which comes in contact with the glass,

` but beveled on their upper sides, c, and these A beveled.

strips are forced outward into the rabbet or groove'f, which is of like shape `(reversed) of the strip d,which enters 'it in the manner of a wedge, having one side straight and the other The object in making the strip d in this form is to allow it to wedge into the groove f sufficiently tight, and at the saine time to have its entire under surface in contact with the glass, as, if beveled upon both sides, it would only touch the glass at the under edge and leave a space back of this, between it and the surface of the glass, and would be liable to become loosened and spring out of place. A little space, g, is left between the under surface of the strip d and the bottom of the groove f in the sash-frame, as seen in the detail, Fig. 3, to allow for varying thickness of glass. The top strip, a', Fig. l, is not detachable, but is formed on'or rigidly fastenedto the sash. Preferably it should be made integral therewith. Its end c is mitered, to engage with the end of strip d. Its other end, c, is cut in imitation of a miter, but is a plane surface where the top end of strip f comes in contact with it when inserted. The groove and bed-gain for the glass are formed in the upper rail of the sash, and the rubber strip c is inserted therein to make the glass tight on the outside. The outside of the sash may have any desired design of mold or finish upon the muntins and frame of the same. In inserting the glass, after the strips c are first laid in, the top end is inserted under the fixed molding c', the strip d is then inserted, and so on consecutively in the direction of the arrows. The top end of strip d, as'willbe noticed by the dotted lines, showing the manner of its insertion and removal, is square, and after its lower end is inserted its' top end is forced in against the fixed mold a and into the groove, thus clamping all three of the strips tightly into place in their respective grooves. To secure the whole, the single screw e (seen in the dotted'lines, Fig. l) is inserted through the top end of'd into the sash-frame.

When required, by loosening screw e', the strips can be removed and the glass replaced by a new one.

It will be seen' that glass inserted into the `sash in this manner will prevent the necessity of cutting away any portion of the sash to remove putty, and the operation can beperformed without the use of other tools than a screw-driver.

I claim as my invention 1. Asash for windows, having a groove beveled upon its upper interior side, to adapt it for the insertion of a strip of like reversed shape, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

I 2. The sash-frame A, having the fixedmold a thereon, the groove f on the other three sides of the opening for the glass, and having IOO 1o glass-opening, as described, of the rubber strip c, and the insertible and detachable strips d,

d', and d, adapted to beloeked into their position within the groove and fastened over the glass on the inside of said sash7 substantially as set forth.

HENRY V. SGHRODER.

Attest:

THoMAsSTRoNG, B. G.- CoNvnRsn. 

